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American Hospital Preservation Act of 2000

Introduced: February 1, 2000 See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 106th Congress (1999–2000) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Feb 1, 2000
Read the second time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Feb 1, 2000
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S213-214)
Feb 1, 2000
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
American Hospital Preservation Act of 2000 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA), as amended by the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999 with regard to provisions on the one year sole community hospital payment increase, to reset the applicable percentage increase for FY 2001 and each subsequent fiscal year to the market basket percentage increase for hospitals in all areas for purposes of updating payments to prospective payment system (PPS) hospitals for inpatient hospital services.
What's happening now February 1, 2000

Read the second time and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 2
R
Crapo, Mike
Idaho · Jun 8, 2000
 R
Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Feb 28, 2000
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Feb 23, 2000
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2018: American Hospital Preservation Act of 2000. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-2018/
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"S. 2018: American Hospital Preservation Act of 2000." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-2018/.
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S. 2018, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-2018/.
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